Since means A causes B. We write "A since B" or "I'm happy since you're happy". Conversationally, this sentence is understandable (don't forget "do" or "did"): "Why do/did you go that way since this is the nearest way?" Grammatically,

I think "the" is required if form is "the _____ festival." That said, I think that "Chinese New Year" does not take the "the". After all, named holidays like New Year's Eve, Christmas, and Easter do not take a "the".

Use of "a" or "an" depends on the sound rather than the letter. To say that all words beginning with consonants get "a" and all those beginning with vowels get "an" is inaccurate. a unique an honour a hospital an N (the letter) a NATO

It can also be used to express approximate numbers. "I will arrive at ~7 pm." (here it means about) "I will buy ~20 of them." (same, it could mean 19, 20, 21; somewhere around 20.)

A man enters the smoking carriage of a train and sits down in the last empty seat, which happens to be next to a woman. The man lights a large cigar. The woman glares at him and says, "a true gentleman would not smoke sitting next to a lady."

A man walks into a shop and sees a dog sitting in the corner. He asks the shop's owner, "Does your dog bite?" "No, my dog does not bite," replies the owner. The man, cooing soflty, then tries to pet the dog, which immediately bites him

Yes, it is correct to say "I've got it". This statement can mean "I have it" or "I have solved a problem", and maybe more. One could easily fill a page writing about the use of "got" (and the differences between British and American usage).

Hi, I believe it's "time-outs". Good luck.

Hi sonia10, Your trouble is understandable. Many native speakers use "I" and "me" incorrectly. "I" is the subject form. "Me" is the object form. Sometimes you can change a sentence to figure out what form to use: "My boyfriend and I

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